Shakespear Shuffle

More Adventing

Here's the rest of our adventing adventures.  Last Friday was our Christmas Eve so we did our program singing songs & acting out the Nativity scene.  This is the first year I felt like we had enough kids that could/would actually act it out to do the real thing.  We had Joseph & Mary & baby Jesus on the left, our wise men on the right, our shepherd with his sheep below & an angel (who was also the donkey with the sheep again).

 

This is our second year at hosting a caroling party.  This was one of my favorite traditions growing up so we're trying to make it a Shakespear tradition as well.  We had 14 adults & 22 kids in our house.  And those of you who have been in our little house know what a tight squeeze that was!  It was so much fun.

Ward Christmas party & the Primary kids singing

Making & delivering Christmas goodies

More Christmas lights & we made snowflakes one night too I think.

We got a babysitter for the younger 3 & took Hyrum & Hunter to see The Nutcracker.  Honestly they may have still been a little too young - we left probably 20 minutes before it ended.  BUT that said it was fun & I think they liked it at least for a while.  Someday we'll have to go to the performance up in Seattle.  That is the best I've seen.

Here are some non-adventing pictures

Matching hats made by Hava

Twin love

Daddy Dallen love

H & H love 

okay they slept like this for 5 nights straight before Hyrum wanted his bed to himself again.  I thought it was so cute.

Silly boy...I miss my first baby!  He is just growing up so fast lately.  I miss him small but I am loving him as a big kid.  He is so fun.  I love his goofiness.  I love how sweet he can be & how excited he gets trying to explain the plot of a Goosebump or Magic Treehouse book or how his transformer is put together or about his Bakugans.  I love it when he gets a joke & starts giggling.  I love his pictures he draws.  I LOVE how he loves to read & how I can't seem to keep enough books around to keep up.  And I love how he genuinely enjoys the company of Dallen & wants to play with him every day.  Of course he has his "teenage" moments but so do I still =)